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A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Cocoa Rodriguez Holding Stonewall Posters Protesting the 1996 Stonewall Film Premiere

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A photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Cocoa Rodriguez holding Stonewall posters. Sylvia is glasses and a white t-shirt, and the poster she's holding reads "STAR GIVES NO STARS TO STONEWALL MOVIE." On the borders of the poster, it reads what S.T.A.R. stands for: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries." Cocoa has red hair and is wearing an orange dress, and her poster reads "Marsha P. Johnson STONEWALL ICON" and has an image of Marsha. They were protesting director Nigel Finch's "Stonewall" film premiere in 1996.

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Identifier
b8515n701
Collection
Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
Institution
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Date Created
1996
Genre
Photographs
Subject(s)
Cocoa Rodriguez
Stonewall
Sylvia Rivera
Topic(s)
Black transgender people
Indigenous transgender people
Latino/a/x transgender people
Puerto Rican women
QTPOC
Trans women
Transfeminine people
Venezuelan Americans
Resource Type
Still Image
Analog Format
Color
Language
English
Rights
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